Example sentences of "[vb past] at the old [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elisabeth stopped at the old peat barge , the single landmark on an otherwise featureless wilderness . |
| 2 | We somehow got on to the subject of detective stories , for it had been with some surprise that I learnt at the Old Parsonage meeting that at one time he had read them with avidity . |
| 3 | The BX 4x4 Estate , yesterday a safari vehicle , became today a Grand Tourer as we made our farewell circuit through picturesque villages and bustling market towns until we arrived at the old spa resort of Buxton , said to be the highest town in England , where we had , reluctantly , to admit that it was time to head for home . |
| 4 | The BX 4×4 Estate , yesterday a safari vehicle , became today a Grand Tourer as we made our farewell circuit through picturesque villages and bustling market towns until we arrived at the old spa resort of Buxton , said to be the highest town in England , where we had reluctantly to admit that it was time to head for home . |
| 5 | It was late when they arrived at the old house and by tacit consent they went straight to bed . |
| 6 | She stood up and grinned at the old man who owed her his life . |
| 7 | She worked at the old Co-Op in Priestgate and a clothing factory , then in 1950 she married and moved to Nelson , Lancashire . |
| 8 | He snarled at the old woman . |
| 9 | We started at the old junction with the Cambrian Line , Cemmaes Road , and immediately found a problem . |
| 10 | He stared at the old man . |
| 11 | Artemis stared at the old woman 's whiskery face . |
| 12 | The thirteen men laughed at the old man and rode on . |
| 13 | Then he looked at the old eagle again and shaking his head said , ‘ During the last war when I was a prisoner I knew men who were nearer to death than this and yet by some force of will or perhaps some power greater than us they survived . |
| 14 | He was trying to joke but he was unable to smile as he looked at the old cow . |
| 15 | Mike pushed the papers back across the desk and looked at the Old Man , who raised his eyebrows questioningly . |
| 16 | I looked at the old man calmly sitting on his mat and hated him , knowing — knowing myself — that nothing would come of this . |
| 17 | ‘ You 're proud of it , are n't you , Aged ? ’ said Wemmick , his face losing all its usual hardness as he looked at the old man . |
| 18 | Monks hesitated and looked at the old man , but Mr Brownlow 's expression was so serious and determined that the younger man realized it was pointless to protest . |
| 19 | She looked at the old man . |
| 20 | Conway looked at the old man and felt afraid . |
| 21 | Karen looked at the old man and for a moment she saw something cold and frightening in his smiling eyes . |
| 22 | He looked at the old man , peering darkly under his down-drawn brows ; and there was one who would have questioned and writhed and wondered , pondering long before he would have given any answer , and then , most likely , regretting the answer he had given , whatever it chanced to be . |
| 23 | Brown looked at the old man . |
| 24 | Blake looked at the old man . |
| 25 | Fingers across the map to retrace their journey — from the New Inn they went to the English chapel , walked to the shore , saw the Marischal College , were welcomed at the Town House , viewed Old Aberdeen , looked at the Old College , visited the King 's College where Sir Alexander Gordon was professor of Medicine , and visited two bookshops . |
| 26 | The child stared towards it as if in recognition of something held in memory ; then she turned and looked at the old woman , who was sitting on the couch unlacing her boots , and she said , ‘ You have a garden . ’ |
| 27 | Now , as he looked at the old woman , his expression became soft , almost tender . |
| 28 | But he appeared at the Old Bailey for an earlier trespass at Buckingham Palace , during which he had drunk some wine in the office of the Prince of Wales ' private secretary , and was sent to a secure hospital in Liverpool . |
| 29 | Agnes smiled at the old warrior , and then at Husband : by now , her anger at him had distilled to the warming spirit of pure hatred . |
| 30 | She looked at them one by one ; she nodded to the people she had seen sewing by the fountain ; she smiled at the old woman and the boy . |